In Part 5 of this seven part series on habits of highly effective project managers we discussed the concept of trusting no one. Basically, the idea was to rely on others (as indicated in Part 4), but never trust that it ‘just gets done’…you must follow-up and track everything. In this Part 6, I will discuss the topic of being on time. It’s something we all struggle with – in our personal lives and our professional lives. If we are fashionably late can be a sign that we’re important and busy, sure. But it can also be a sign that we are disorganized, self-important, uncaring, and rude. No matter how you mean it or don’t mean it, it’s up to those around you and those you are working with to interpret for themselves and you never know how others will interpret your behavior.MeetingsWe all hate meetings from time to time. Many seem like unproductive time wasters and we wonder why we were even asked to attend. However, if they are meetings we called, we probably don’t hate them and we deem them part of our productive professional lives. We called them – probably to promote our cause or get information that we need. For project managers, it’s usually to meet with the project team to get progress updates and share information or to meet with the project customer to disseminate the same information and to discuss key elements of the project.